ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333699
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Date: | Saturday 15 October 1960 |
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Type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | Capitol Airways |
Registration: | N1300N |
MSN: | 22481 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Plain City, UT -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Rapid City Regional Airport, SD (RAP/KRAP) |
Destination airport: | Ogden-Hill AFB, UT (HIF/KHIF) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The C-46 crew started a simulated ILS approach with radar advisories to Hill AFB. An in-flight wing separation at 6500 feet msl caused the plane to crash 10 miles from the airport.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The fatigue of the right wing lower attach angle bolts resulting in an in-flight wing failure."
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